[Q] Cyanogen Recovery has no backup/restore options - Xperia Z2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I just installed Cyanogenmod. In the recovery there's no option to backup or restore (and the apply update always fails the signature verification). All I see on the recovery screen is
Reboot system now
Apply update]
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Wipe media
Reboot to bootloader
Power down
Viw recovery logs
How can I backup/restore? It's my understanding that recoveries are designed for the stock kernel, and Cyanogenmod came with it's own kernel? I didn't know this because Cyanogenmod is a ROM, not a kernel

CyanogenMod Recovery is very basic. Flash another recovery more advanced for your phone.

Freddynic159 said:
CyanogenMod Recovery is very basic. Flash another recovery more advanced for your phone.
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Sorry, but how would I do that please?

MrPACS said:
Sorry, but how would I do that please?
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Download rashr from playstore. That worked for me.
Also make sure that in developer settings, that it doesn't update recovery when you update Cm. Make sure it's off, and you'll keep your recovery. I flashed twrp. That worked well for me with the CM recovery.

If Rashr does not work (sometimes it doesn't for me), use fastboot:
1. Download the TWRP.img from their website https://twrp.me/devices/sonyxperiaz2.html
2. connect your phone into fastbootmode (shut down phone, press volume up and connect usb cable)
3. do the following command, to flash the recovery:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.6.0-sirius.img
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Yea, I'd like to know why there is no recovery in Cynogen recovery.
And if we install another recovery, doesn't that wipe our phone?

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Can't enter recovery

Hi, I have strange problem I flash ViperX+ OTA, and now my phone can't enter recovery anymore, team venom logo shows and he restarts. OTA was flashed successfully, and I can enter OS normally, just can't get into recovery.
Things I tried:
- I tried to reflash TWRP of venom.
- I tried to flash TWRP latest version, and when I wanted to enter in that recovery phone just shuts down
- I tried to clean cache in fastboot
- I tried to reboot phone in recovery by adb
- I tried to clear dalvik and cache in OS(In Venom Tweaks)
- I tried to erase all from SD card
and with all this I didn't have any luck, so can someone help me what to do, thanks.
Thermaltake868 said:
Hi, I have strange problem I flash ViperX+ OTA, and now my phone can't enter recovery anymore, team venom logo shows and he restarts. OTA was flashed successfully, and I can enter OS normally, just can't get into recovery.
Things I tried:
- I tried to reflash TWRP of venom.
- I tried to flash TWRP latest version, and when I wanted to enter in that recovery phone just shuts down
- I tried to clean cache in fastboot
- I tried to reboot phone in recovery by adb
- I tried to clear dalvik and cache in OS(In Venom Tweaks)
- I tried to erase all from SD card
and with all this I didn't have any luck, so can someone help me what to do, thanks.
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Is your bootloader unlocked?
EpicGuitar said:
Is your bootloader unlocked?
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Of course. Rec. was working normally until I install that OTA yesterday, I mean if he was locked I won't be able to install ROM in the first place.
Wierd I just manage to flash recovery trough WinDroid Tookit but problem is when I choose custom recovery and pick Venom TWRP he do the same thing when I want to enter like I describe in first post, and with original TWRP that I download from their site too. But when I flash TWRP from WinDroid's menu it's working.
Thermaltake868 said:
Wierd I just manage to flash recovery trough WinDroid Tookit but problem is when I choose custom recovery and pick Venom TWRP he do the same thing when I want to enter like I describe in first post, and with original TWRP that I download from their site too. But when I flash TWRP from WinDroid's menu it's working.
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ENTER BOOTLOADER: Select "Fastboot" go on your pc and connect the two using usb. Get fastboot files and cmd in one folder, put the viper twrp recovery same folder as the fastboot. In fastboot do fastboot flash recovery "recovery.img"

[Q] Sola bricked during flash of CM10: please help!

Hello
I was just trying to flash CM10 into my Sola
I unlocked the bootloader
I root it
Installed Recovery ROM
Made backup of current ROM
Wipe/Factory Reset
While flashing in Recovery Mode I got the error 7 message, so the instructions were to do the flash of the rom through flashtool
Flashed the rom through flashtool
After reboot, it's stucked on the initial "FreeXperia" image and it freezes there
I can enter in fastboot and flashmode, but I tried to flash again the "MT27_6.1.1.B.1.54_KERNEL.ftf" firmware, but the only thing that changes is the "FreeXperia" colorful image to the standard "Sony" logo.
What can I do?! How come it doesn't boot?!
Please help.
Do following:
- Shut down your phone
- connect it to your computer in fastboot mode (with volume up hold)
- flash the boot.img which is inside the ROMs .zip
- Do your steps again (enter recovery, wipe etc)
I've flashed the boot.img of CM10 before.
Well, the problem is that I cannot enter recovery mode!
Only fastboot and flashmode
Tom_Joad_XDA said:
I've flashed the boot.img of CM10 before.
Well, the problem is that I cannot enter recovery mode!
Only fastboot and flashmode
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Try power button insteat volume to enter recovery.
ChikeD said:
Try power button insteat volume to enter recovery.
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Ok, I could get into recovery mode. I just restored my rom backup (STOCK ICS with root and unlocked bootloader)
I followed all the instructions. Should I repeat the process and expect a different result?!
Tom_Joad_XDA said:
Ok, I could get into recovery mode. I just restored my rom backup (STOCK ICS with root and unlocked bootloader)
I followed all the instructions. Should I repeat the process and expect a different result?!
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Flash the zip with the recovery in boot.img from the rom not the one you have in stock.
ChikeD said:
Flash the zip with the recovery in boot.img from the rom not the one you have in stock.
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I have copied the CM10 zip into the phone (cm-10-20140113-UNOFFICIAL-pepper.zip)
Isn't this the rom I should flash in recovery?
Tom_Joad_XDA said:
I have copied the CM10 zip into the phone (cm-10-20140113-UNOFFICIAL-pepper.zip)
Isn't this the rom I should flash in recovery?
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Yup that's it, but first flash boot.img from the rom with fastboot.
Don't expect the phone to boot because this kernel is not comoatible with stock ROM go strait to recovery, do whatever is needed (factiry rest, clear dalvik and cache etc) as instructed in it's thread, and fash the zip
ChikeD said:
Yup that's it, but first flash boot.img from the rom with fastboot.
Don't expect the phone to boot because this kernel is not comoatible with stock ROM go strait to recovery, do whatever is needed (factiry rest, clear dalvik and cache etc) as instructed in it's thread, and fash the zip
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So, just to be clear:
I flash boot.img from the CM10 rom with fastboot using Flashtool, right?
Then, in recovery, I flash the CM10 zip file, correct?
Tom_Joad_XDA said:
So, just to be clear:
I flash boot.img from the CM10 rom with fastboot using Flashtool, right?
Then, in recovery, I flash the CM10 zip file, correct?
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Flashtool(select kernel to flash) or manually : fastboot flash boot boot.img
The enter CWM recovery and follow the instructions on ROM's thread.
ChikeD said:
Flashtool(select kernel to flash) or manually : fastboot flash boot boot.img
The enter CWM recovery and follow the instructions on ROM's thread.
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Well, I still get the (Status 7) error. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.
My only doubt is if I'm using the correct recovery. How can I know that?
My current recovery is CWM Touch v5.5.0.4 (modified CWM by Munjeni)
Honestly, I'm getting do reallly tired of this.
For 2 days I've been trying to install this ROM and I always get stuck with the /(&)(#$ "status 7" error.
Here is what I do step by step, so someone can point me in the right directions because, quite frankly, I just wan to throw this phone over the window right now...
1. After I get the "status 7" error I restore my rom backup, which brings me to stock ICS with unlocked bootloader and with root
2. I reboot in fastboot mode and, with Flashtool, I flash the boot.img I extracted from the "cm-10-20140113-UNOFFICIAL-pepper.zip"
3. I enter in recovery mode and wipe all the data/cache/delvik cache etc (I've also tried to do this BEFORE flashing the boot.img)
4. Still in recovery, I choose "Install zip from sdcard" and select the "cm-10-20140113-UNOFFICIAL-pepper.zip" (I've also tried to select this file without the boot.img file)
5. I get the status 7 error!!!!!!
Please help, as it is driving me nuts!
Redownload the ROM and try again. I'll give you a step by step instruction now:
- redownload the ROM and push it to your phones storage
- shut down your phone and connect it via fastboot to your computer
- Open the flashtool and flash the boot.img from the rom.zip via fastboot.
- after flashing, disconnect your phone from your computer, then wait some seconds
- Now power on your phone and enter recovery
- now you make a full wipe (wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache (advanced), format /system (mounts and storage)
- After the full wipe, try to flash the redownloaded ROM again
What exectly the status 7 is for, look at the log.
It fails right in the first assert line of code. I've also tried to remove the assert line, as suggested somewhere on the forum, but then I get a "Status 6" error. I'll try to re-download the zip file when I get home...
ChikeD said:
What exectly the status 7 is for, look at the log.
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Tom_Joad_XDA said:
It fails right in the first assert line of code. I've also tried to remove the assert line, as suggested somewhere on the forum, but then I get a "Status 6" error. I'll try to re-download the zip file when I get home...
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the assert n ro.product.device and ro.build.product? This should not happen with the recovery that comes with the ROM.
Well, that may explain it, as I'm not sure I'm using the correct recovery rom, as I didn't knew there was a recovery on this rom.
The instructions in the thread are:
Make a backup of your current rom
Wipe data/factory reset in recovery
Flash CM10 (If you get error 7 while flashing exctract the boot.img from the rom zip, and flash it via fastboot)
Flash Ultra Slim Gapps
Reboot & Enjoy!
So, I had to find a recovery ROM and that is what I did. So maybe that's the problem: I'm not using the correct recovery rom.
What can I do now to change it?
ChikeD said:
the assert n ro.product.device and ro.build.product? This should not happen with the recovery that comes with the ROM.
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Tom_Joad_XDA said:
Well, that may explain it, as I'm not sure I'm using the correct recovery rom, as I didn't knew there was a recovery on this rom.
The instructions in the thread are:
Make a backup of your current rom
Wipe data/factory reset in recovery
Flash CM10 (If you get error 7 while flashing exctract the boot.img from the rom zip, and flash it via fastboot)
Flash Ultra Slim Gapps
Reboot & Enjoy!
So, I had to find a recovery ROM and that is what I did. So maybe that's the problem: I'm not using the correct recovery rom.
What can I do now to change it?
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What recovery ROM, you only need to install thr boot.img from the ROM file.
What ROM are you trying to install(link)?
As stated in this thread, I'm trying to install CM10 (cm-10-20140113-UNOFFICIAL-pepper.zip).
My recovery rom is CWM Touch v5.5.0.4 (modified CWM by Munjeni)
ChikeD said:
What recovery ROM, you only need to install thr boot.img from the ROM file.
What ROM are you trying to install(link)?
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Tom_Joad_XDA said:
As stated in this thread, I'm trying to install CM10 (cm-10-20140113-UNOFFICIAL-pepper.zip).
My recovery rom is CWM Touch v5.5.0.4 (modified CWM by Munjeni)
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Was I not clear enough?
Your recovery is probably missing those props and yould fail every time, you must use the recovery of the ROM.by flashint boot.img.
And I have asked a link for the ROM you dounload just to make sure it's props are OK, so I need a link.
If it don't let you post a link try to qrap it with code tags (the # button in thepost editor)

Wiped tablet, tried to install CM. Failed because wifi tablet thinks it is castor.

I wiped my device and now can't install CM because it thinks it is castor and not castor_windy. It is a wifi z2 tablet.
I used tool from this thread to gain root. After I used root checker basic to check I was rooted and it said I was.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784900
I used tool from this thread to install custom recovery, I believe successfully. I was able to reboot into recovery afterwards.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2794175
To try and install CM I tried to follow the instructions in this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53994500&postcount=1
To do 4&5 in twrp, I wiped cache, system and dalvik. I got the problem in the following picture (pictures are all links because I couldn't work out how to get them small enough to attach).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxoU7oR5AJUeVnE4LXpEd0t6c0k/edit?usp=sharing
It eventually formatted all three.
I then tried to install CM, PA gapps, and recovery (as suggested in the recovery thread to make sure keep recovery after reboot). This happened.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxoU7oR5AJUeT2pkZE53UUdRUDA/edit?usp=sharing
I didn't make a backup in advance because I am an idiot. I do have TA backed up.
What did I do wrong and how can I fix it please?
If I understand you correctly, you have tried too flash CM without unlocking your bootloader first.
As far as I know, this is not possible: Due to the locked bootloader, the CM Kernel cannot be installed and hence CM won't work anyways.
With locked bootloader, you can only flash stock-based ROMs which share the Kernel with the original ROM.
You can use flastool to flash a TFT (stock firmware), then your tablet should work again.
For flashing a real CM which requires an unlocked bootloader see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708194
Bootloader unlocking: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2747676
Have fun!
BabelHuber said:
If I understand you correctly, you have tried too flash CM without unlocking your bootloader first.
As far as I know, this is not possible: Due to the locked bootloader, the CM Kernel cannot be installed and hence CM won't work anyways.
With locked bootloader, you can only flash stock-based ROMs which share the Kernel with the original ROM.
You can use flastool to flash a TFT (stock firmware), then your tablet should work again.
For flashing a real CM which requires an unlocked bootloader see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708194
Bootloader unlocking: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2747676
Have fun!
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Thank you. You are exactly correct, I didn't unlock the bootloader first.
Would this flashtool work given I am currently in twrp and have no OS? If it would it is showing the links for the ROM for SGP511 and this is 512. Is it the same or do I need a different link for the ROM?
http://xperiafirmware.com/8-firmware/50-sony-xperia-z2-tablet-wi-fi-sgp512
Thanks. Trying to have fun.
spanielhead said:
Thank you. You are exactly correct, I didn't unlock the bootloader first.
Would this flashtool work given I am currently in twrp and have no OS? If it would it is showing the links for the ROM for SGP511 and this is 512. Is it the same or do I need a different link for the ROM?
http://xperiafirmware.com/8-firmware/50-sony-xperia-z2-tablet-wi-fi-sgp512
Thanks. Trying to have fun.
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Look at developer.sonymobile.com/unlockbootloader
IRRC you need to use fastboot to unlock the device. Afterwards, you can install Cm. If you are lucky you don't need to flash a stock ROM first.
BabelHuber said:
Look at developer.sonymobile.com/unlockbootloader
IRRC you need to use fastboot to unlock the device. Afterwards, you can install Cm. If you are lucky you don't need to flash a stock ROM first.
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Thank you. Have unlock key from Sony now.
I am currently in recovery. Should I be able to reboot the bootloader from recovery and get into fastboot that way? (Reminder I have no OS.)
spanielhead said:
Thank you. Have unlock key from Sony now.
I am currently in recovery. Should I be able to reboot the bootloader from recovery and get into fastboot that way? (Reminder I have no OS.)
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OK I tried this and bad things. Before the device was detected by my laptop, now it is not and it hangs at the sony logo and no led. Am I f***ed?
spanielhead said:
OK I tried this and bad things. Before the device was detected by my laptop, now it is not and it hangs at the sony logo and no led. Am I f***ed?
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I would suggest non Sony software anyway. I still have my bootloader, but since it's not allowed to be unlocked I can't use Sony software either.
spanielhead said:
OK I tried this and bad things. Before the device was detected by my laptop, now it is not and it hangs at the sony logo and no led. Am I f***ed?
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Not at all :good:
By long-pressing the power button (10 seconds or so) the tablet shuts down
Do the following:
- Get your Sony unlock key
- Install the Android SDK (Software Developers Kit) on your PC
- Install all necessary Xperia drivers (Google is your friend, don't remember where I got mine from)
Using fastboot:
- Connect your tablet to the PC while simultaneously pressing 'Volume up'. When the LED is blue you are in fastboot mode
- Unlock your tablet like described by Sony
- Install CWM from fastboot mode
- Reboot
- Enter recovery (press 'Volume up' when the LED is pink)
Copy files to tablet:
- Use the adb command line tool from Android SDK (in the same folder as fastboot)
Copy CM11 and GAPPs to tablet:
via Windows CMD: adb push filename.zip /sdcard/ROMs/filename.zip
- Flash CM11/ GAPPS via recovery
Done!
BabelHuber said:
Using fastboot:
- Connect your tablet to the PC while simultaneously pressing 'Volume up'. When the LED is blue you are in fastboot mode
- Unlock your tablet like described by Sony
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Have restored device to stock, then rooted and installed custom recovery (as in original post).
Can't get into fastboot mode. Trying as stated above fails. Screen stays off with blue LED. Same thing happens if I reboot into bootloader via flashify or recovery. fastboot devices then does not detect device. It does for my phone so think that means fastboot works.
I must have missed something (again). Thank you for your patience.
Edit: bootloader now unlocked with flashtool.
Edit 2: Used flashtool to fastboot flash boot.img from M9 snapshot (was this my mistake, not CM10?). Now can only get into fastboot, can't get into recovery. Without recovery I require an img file of the rom, is that correct?
hasenbein1966 said:
I don't understand why you guys are so generous with your time and energy and write at length to help people who are too lazy and too careless to read properly and thus f*** up their devices...
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I made a mistake, possibly multiple mistakes. I will continue to make mistakes. This forum is for people like me who don't know what they are doing to ask for help. No one has to offer that help. I am greatly appreciative when they do.
spanielhead said:
Can't get into fastboot mode. Trying as stated above fails. Screen stays off with blue LED.
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When the screen stays off with blue LED, you ARE in fastboot mode!
In case fastboot does not work, you haven't installed the according drivers on your PC.
spanielhead said:
Used flashtool to fastboot flash boot.img from M9 snapshot (was this my mistake, not CM10?). Now can only get into fastboot, can't get into recovery. Without recovery I require an img file of the rom, is that correct?
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You must have done something wrong - I had no problems whatsoever.
Just try it again:
- Flash CWM as described
- Factory reset, format system, format data, wipe cache, wipe Dalvik cache (format data/media only if the internal SD-card should be wiped, too!)
- Flash the boot.img from the CM11 ZIP-file
- Enter CWM and use the adb push-command to flash CM11/GAPPs
- Install CM11 and GAPPs via recovery
Good luck :good:
BabelHuber said:
When the screen stays off with blue LED, you ARE in fastboot mode!
In case fastboot does not work, you haven't installed the according drivers on your PC.
You must have done something wrong - I had no problems whatsoever.
Just try it again:
- Flash CWM as described
- Factory reset, format system, format data, wipe cache, wipe Dalvik cache (format data/media only if the internal SD-card should be wiped, too!)
- Flash the boot.img from the CM11 ZIP-file
- Enter CWM and use the adb push-command to flash CM11/GAPPs
- Install CM11 and GAPPs via recovery
Good luck :good:
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Did you ever manage to install cm11?
I have the same error, device thinks is Castor when its a sgp512. I tried both and soft bricked it, got out, rooted it again and still have the same error. I did unlock the bootloader, i am rooted, I know how to go into fastboot, flashmode, cwm, twrp, etc. But CM11 does not work!
Very frustrating.
Any ideas?
anyone?
Edit: Problem was that I wasnt flashing the kernel first as stated here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_castor_windy
Are you saying you missed this one
fastboot -i 0xfce flash boot boot.img
BabelHuber said:
When the screen stays off with blue LED, you ARE in fastboot mode!
In case fastboot does not work, you haven't installed the according drivers on your PC.
You must have done something wrong - I had no problems whatsoever.
Just try it again:
- Flash CWM as described
- Factory reset, format system, format data, wipe cache, wipe Dalvik cache (format data/media only if the internal SD-card should be wiped, too!)
- Flash the boot.img from the CM11 ZIP-file
- Enter CWM and use the adb push-command to flash CM11/GAPPs
- Install CM11 and GAPPs via recovery
Good luck :good:
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I finally found some time to do this. Flashed boot.img using fastboot (didn't work using flashtool which I think was the most recent problem), flashed m9 in recovery, downloaded and adb pushed then flashed pa zero day GAPPS in recovery, and all is right with the world.
@BabelHuber how might I buy you a beer or coffee to thank you properly?

Can't flash twrp

Recently bricked my honor 5x used fast boot to get it out of boot loop. (Because I tried to its update my phone with twrp)now when I try to re flash twrp it gets replaced by the stock recovery Everytime . Please help!
Samething happend to me... cannot flash twrp because when i restart phone after flashing twrp, it gets replaced by stock recovery.
What i do now is to boot to twrp instead of flashing using this command:
Code:
fastboot boot twrp-3.0.0-0-kiwi.img
Hopefully there is a solution for this flashing problem.
FREAK0N said:
Samething happend to me... cannot flash twrp because when i restart phone after flashing twrp, it gets replaced by stock recovery.
What i do now is to boot to twrp instead of flashing using this command:
Code:
fastboot boot twrp-3.0.0-0-kiwi.img
Hopefully there is a solution for this flashing problem.
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you can't just reboot after flashing recovery ...you have to boot directly to twrp after the flash with power + volume up (Skip the fastboot reboot step)
the simple way is to copy kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img to your sdcard
fastboot boot kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
now in twrp choose install / image / then choose kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
next choose reboot / recovery
you now have kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
from then on adb reboot recovery from android
or power + volume up will enter TWRP
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you can't just reboot after flashing recovery ...you have to boot directly to twrp after the flash with power + volume up (Skip the fastboot reboot step)
the simple way is to copy kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img to your sdcard
fastboot boot kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
now in twrp choose install / image / then choose kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
next choose reboot / recovery
you now have kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
from then on adb reboot recovery from android
or power + volume up will enter TWRP
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Thanks alot... i wil try it later.
Too many Links is what ADB Says
RootMega said:
Too many Links is what ADB Says
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why are you using adb ?
did you read the instructions i posted
I have the stock recovery.
I cant get into twrp.
I tried to flash then go straight to twrp which gets replaced by stock bootloader
Idk it gets replaced everytime
Okay the adb thing stopped I got into twrp by doing the fastboot thing but when i boot into recovery it goes to the stock recovery.
RootMega said:
Okay the adb thing stopped I got into twrp by doing the fastboot thing but when i boot into recovery it goes to the stock recovery.
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I really don't know why you don't seem to get it
it's this simple
you fastboot boot kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
now while in TWRP copy kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img to the phone
Also copy SuperSU-v2.64.zip (or newer) to the phone
after the files are copied choose Install / Image / kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
next choose install / SuperSU.zip
next choose Reboot / Recovery
you now have TWRP recovery and you can enter it by using power + volume up
or from an app on the phone (I use Quickboot) or from a pc with adb reboot recovery
I have the same problem, i tried with your method but the system continue to replace bootloader, impossible to keep twrp on recovery
Edit : I try to install Root Checker, it detect my phone is root but impossible to access to TWRP, very strange
clsA said:
you can't just reboot after flashing recovery ...you have to boot directly to twrp after the flash with power + volume up (Skip the fastboot reboot step)
the simple way is to copy kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img to your sdcard
fastboot boot kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
now in twrp choose install / image / then choose kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
next choose reboot / recovery
you now have kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img
from then on adb reboot recovery from android
or power + volume up will enter TWRP
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Tried this on my KIW-L21, as this is the only way I did not try it yet...
Did not work, unfortunately, I assume the OP could have the same problem as I already posted in the TWRP thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66678377&postcount=509
(It is a shame people spam this thread with unlocking problems, though)
EarlyMon mentioned something about dual recovery partitions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66838009&postcount=529
So regardless how many times I flash TWRP it wont stick until the next reboot to recovery, as it gets replaced by the stock one all the time.
I am thankful for every news on that topic and I would happily help(to the extent I am able to) getting TWRP back onto our phones :good:
P.S.: I am not quite sure if the OP has another problem in flashing the recovery, though.
Nekly said:
Tried this on my KIW-L21, as this is the only way I did not try it yet...
Did not work, unfortunately, I assume the OP could have the same problem as I already posted in the TWRP thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66678377&postcount=509
(It is a shame people spam this thread with unlocking problems, though)
EarlyMon mentioned something about dual recovery partitions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66838009&postcount=529
So regardless how many times I flash TWRP it wont stick until the next reboot to recovery, as it gets replaced by the stock one all the time.
I am thankful for every news on that topic and I would happily help(to the extent I am able to) getting TWRP back onto our phones :good:
P.S.: I am not quite sure if the OP has another problem in flashing the recovery, though.
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So you are booting TWRP
Installing / TWRP.Img in TWRP and Reboot recovery and your not booting to TWRP ?
Just my two cents into this thread: apparently (from my personal experience, and EarlyMon seems to back this up) the Honor 5X for whatever reason allows the installation of TWRP but still keeps Huawei's stock recovery in place, unlike most phones. What's more, it randomly (yeah, guessing it's not random obviously, but I don't have the slightest clue what the pattern might be) decides to boot into stock recovery while I use the same hardware keys that have continuously booted me into TWRP up until that point. This behavior led me to believe I had bricked my phone for a day, lol (I made a recent post about it on this forum, in case anyone cares).
Bottom line: if you can't boot into TWRP even though you made sure to install it correctly, try changing the key combo. Vol down + Power not working for you? Try Vol Up. Neither work? Try Vol Up + Down + Power. Spice it out and it might solve your problems.
clsA said:
So you are booting TWRP
Installing / TWRP.Img in TWRP and Reboot recovery and your not booting to TWRP ?
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That is correct:
Connected Phone to PC
ADB reboot bootloader
fastboot boot kiwi.img
install image kiwi.img
reboot recovery
Tada, Stock eMUI Recovery :[
I really had hoped it would do the trick, though.
Nekly said:
That is correct:
Connected Phone to PC
ADB reboot bootloader
fastboot boot kiwi.img
install image kiwi.img
reboot recovery
Tada, Stock eMUI Recovery :[
I really had hoped it would do the trick, though.
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what version of TWRP are you using ? whats the real file name ?
Has anyone tried flashing TWRP with TWRP Manager from the play store?
Sm0k3d 0uT said:
Has anyone tried flashing TWRP with TWRP Manager from the play store?
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Been there and done that. Same outcome.
clsA said:
what version of TWRP are you using ? whats the real file name ?
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The last approach was done with the one from the first post of the TWRP thread here on XDA(https://goo.gl/53xai9) "kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img"
I also tried the TWRP images from https://twrp.me/devices/huaweihonor5x.html but always the same result.
I can try with a specific image, just give me a link and I'll try to flash it. :fingers-crossed:

Flash TWRP doesn't work

Hi all,
I unlocked my phone and I installed LineageOS 14 (thanks to TWRP).
I tried to update Lineage (i had a notification), but when I rebooted, the stock recovery was launched... not TWRP.
Of course, i've flash TWRP several times... but at each reboot, the stock recovery come back..
From my PC, no problem :
- adb reboot bootloader : OK
fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.2.3-0-kiwi.img OK
fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-0-kiwi.img OK
From the phone, with the correct combo key (Volume Up + Power), TWRP wasn't launched...
Could you help me ?
Thanks !
What happens when you boot to recovery via adb?
Adb reboot recovery
Thanks for your answer !
Screen "EMUI" appears
with
- Reboot system now
- Wipe date/ factory reset
- Wipe cache partition
CaptainNemo80 said:
Thanks for your answer !
Screen "EMUI" appears
with
- Reboot system now
- Wipe date/ factory reset
- Wipe cache partition
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Is your usb connected while you boot to recovery.? If yes remove and boot once they see of that makes a difference
- adb reboot recovery
- Phone shutdown
- I remove the USB cable
Phone restart
Recovery stock (EMUI screen, as described above)
No Idea ?
CaptainNemo80 said:
No Idea ?
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Are you flashing the correct version of twrp. Whats your LOS version and which twrp you are using. May be the one you flashed is not compatible
I think You have skipped one, but important point of flashing twrp. There is a point what to do to prevent of returning into stock recovery after first twrp flash. Please read carefully all steps from howto and follow them in right order.
Good luck, Bro ??

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